diff --git a/lib/apify/__tests__/validateGetScraperResultsRequest.test.ts b/lib/apify/__tests__/validateGetScraperResultsRequest.test.ts
index 46101820..e638341b 100644
--- a/lib/apify/__tests__/validateGetScraperResultsRequest.test.ts
+++ b/lib/apify/__tests__/validateGetScraperResultsRequest.test.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from "vitest";
 import { NextRequest, NextResponse } from "next/server";
 
 import { validateGetScraperResultsRequest } from "../validateGetScraperResultsRequest";
-import { validateAdminAuth } from "@/lib/admins/validateAdminAuth";
+import { validateAuthContext } from "@/lib/auth/validateAuthContext";
 
-vi.mock("@/lib/admins/validateAdminAuth", () => ({ validateAdminAuth: vi.fn() }));
+vi.mock("@/lib/auth/validateAuthContext", () => ({ validateAuthContext: vi.fn() }));
 vi.mock("@/lib/networking/getCorsHeaders", () => ({ getCorsHeaders: () => ({}) }));
 
 const RUN_ID = "run_abc_123";
@@ -17,27 +17,21 @@ const makeRequest = (path = `/api/apify/runs/${RUN_ID}`) =>
 describe("validateGetScraperResultsRequest", () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     vi.clearAllMocks();
-    vi.mocked(validateAdminAuth).mockResolvedValue(authResult);
+    vi.mocked(validateAuthContext).mockResolvedValue(authResult);
   });
 
   it("propagates auth error before checking runId", async () => {
     const err = NextResponse.json({}, { status: 401 });
-    vi.mocked(validateAdminAuth).mockResolvedValue(err);
+    vi.mocked(validateAuthContext).mockResolvedValue(err);
     expect(await validateGetScraperResultsRequest(makeRequest(), "")).toBe(err);
   });
 
-  it("propagates 403 from non-admin auth", async () => {
-    const err = NextResponse.json({}, { status: 403 });
-    vi.mocked(validateAdminAuth).mockResolvedValue(err);
-    expect(await validateGetScraperResultsRequest(makeRequest(), RUN_ID)).toBe(err);
-  });
-
-  it("returns 400 when runId is empty after admin auth succeeds", async () => {
+  it("returns 400 when runId is empty after auth succeeds", async () => {
     const res = (await validateGetScraperResultsRequest(makeRequest(), "")) as NextResponse;
     expect(res.status).toBe(400);
   });
 
-  it("returns validated runId on happy path", async () => {
+  it("passes any authenticated caller through — no admin or ownership check", async () => {
     expect(await validateGetScraperResultsRequest(makeRequest(), RUN_ID)).toEqual({
       runId: RUN_ID,
     });
diff --git a/lib/apify/validateGetScraperResultsRequest.ts b/lib/apify/validateGetScraperResultsRequest.ts
index dd2acc8d..07caec13 100644
--- a/lib/apify/validateGetScraperResultsRequest.ts
+++ b/lib/apify/validateGetScraperResultsRequest.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { NextRequest, NextResponse } from "next/server";
 import { z } from "zod";
 import { getCorsHeaders } from "@/lib/networking/getCorsHeaders";
-import { validateAdminAuth } from "@/lib/admins/validateAdminAuth";
+import { validateAuthContext } from "@/lib/auth/validateAuthContext";
 
 export const getScraperResultsParamsSchema = z.object({
   runId: z.string().min(1),
@@ -10,18 +10,22 @@ export const getScraperResultsParamsSchema = z.object({
 export type GetScraperResultsParams = z.infer<typeof getScraperResultsParamsSchema>;
 
 /**
- * Authenticates the request as an admin, then validates the runId path param.
+ * Authenticates the request (any valid API key or Bearer token), then
+ * validates the runId path param.
  *
- * Admin-only: Apify run identifiers are not account-scoped, and the poller
- * is a backend-only caller (tasks).
+ * Deliberately not owner-scoped (chat#1840 decision, 2026-07-03): scrape
+ * datasets are public social content and Apify run ids are unguessable,
+ * so possession of a runId plus any valid credential is sufficient.
+ * Authentication still gates the endpoint so anonymous callers can't use
+ * it as a free Apify proxy.
  */
 export async function validateGetScraperResultsRequest(
   request: NextRequest,
   runId: string,
 ): Promise<GetScraperResultsParams | NextResponse> {
-  const authResult = await validateAdminAuth(request);
-  if (authResult instanceof NextResponse) {
-    return authResult;
+  const auth = await validateAuthContext(request);
+  if (auth instanceof NextResponse) {
+    return auth;
   }
 
   const parsed = getScraperResultsParamsSchema.safeParse({ runId });